L'Anse Creuse Public Schools

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1 Location
2 Schools
3 Other Buildings
4 New Developments
5 Transportation
6 First Robotics
7 External Links

[edit] Location

L'Anse Creuse Public Schools is a collection of K-12 schools located in Macomb County, Michigan. The district stretches from as far north as 8 Mile Road in Chesterfield Township down to Jefferson Avenue and I-59 in St. Clair Shores. The district occupies 37 square miles of the Metro Detroit region. The district is bordered by the Chippewa Valley Public School District, the Anchor Bay Public School District and the Lakeshore Public School District among other smaller districts.

[edit] Schools

The district currently has eleven elementary schools, which are; Atwood,Oakwood, Carkenord, Chesterfield, Graham, Green, Higgins, Lobbestael, South River, Tenniswood and Yacks. The district is also served by four middle schools; Middle School South, Middle School Central, Middle School North and Middle School East. It also has two high schools; L'Anse Creuse High School Central and L'Anse Creuse High School - North, of which North is a National Blue Ribbon school.

[edit] Other Buildings

The district also has its own Performing Arts center (John Armstrong Performing Arts Center) and the Frederick V. Pankow Center, a multi purpose institute which offers students from either of the high schools opportunities to develop occupational qualifications. The center offers courses currently including CIS Construction, Programming, Business Management, and Early Child Development. In addition, a math, science and technology program was added to the building at the beginning of the 2006- 2007 school year. There are also the Burdi Center, a center for community development and early childhood programs, where kids have an enjoyable time, and the L'Anse Creuse Childcare Center, which offers similar options. Other facilities include an Adult Education Center and a Juvenile Justice Center. Evey Simon, a music teacher at L'Anse Creuse High School North, was one of the key people in creating the Performing Arts Center

[edit] New Developments

The year 2000 saw the construction of a new pool at L'Anse Creuse High School - North, modeled after L'Anse Creuse High School's own pool, only in the North colors of black and gold.
A new library was also constructed at North, which added a new face to the entrance of the school. The new library replaced an old, cramped, window-less library, which was converted into four classrooms.
Middle School East was built in 2000 to handle the growing population of the county. MSE is a National Blue Ribbon School. In the summer of 2006, both high schools received new fields and tracks for various athletics. Both fields are now of synthetic turf with vibrant writing on the field. Actual grass would be more costly to maintain.
Also, High School North received new home bleachers and a ticket booth.
Atwood Elementary was also not only renovated, but completely rebuilt. The old cramped school is now a large, modern school, looking less like an elementary school and more like a middle school.
After the 2005-2006 boys basketball season was complete, the gymnasium at L'Anse Creuse High School was demolished, to make way for a new state-of-the-art gymnasium, with hopes of completion in August 2007.
High School North's October issue of its newspaper also states that a new music and band wing will start construction soon, supposedly to be located on the north end of the social studies hallway. The wing is to model the new library in its circular fashion, and completion is expected for the fall of 2008 for the incoming freshmen. The existing band and music wing, (being that it is between the gym and the pool) will be transformed into a state of the art fitness room, aerobics room and wresting room, to replace the aging current gym.
Renovations are also planned for the gymnasium at North.

[edit] Transportation

The L'Anse Creuse Transportation system serves the district, with its homebase adjacent to the John Armstrong Performing Arts Center.

[edit] First Robotics

L'Anse Creuse has one F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team (the G.E.A.R.S.), based out of the Pankow Center. The team utilizes resources from such Pankow classes as Introduction to Engineering, Precision Machining, Intro to C.A.D. drafting, Digital Electronics, Web Design and Auto Technology 1.